Chair-swing



1, SPARKS.

CHAIR SWING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 23. 1919.

Patented May 4, 1920.

WI T/VESSES "Tamers JOHN WESLEY SI?ARKS,. or CLEAR LAKE, IOWA.

CHAIR-SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4:, 1920.

Application filed September 23, 1919. Serial No. 325,736.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. SrAnKs, a l citizen of the United States, and a resident of Clear Lake, in the county of Cerro Gordo and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Chair-Swing, of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in chair swings, an object of the invention being to provide a chair swing which'will be comfortable for the child, which will pre vent the child from slipping or falling out of the chair, and which can be collapsed and packed in a small space when not desired for use.

A further object is to provide a swing of the character stated which will be comfortable, which can be adjusted to the height desired, and which will be strong and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings-- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation partly in section illustrating my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a top plan View of the chair;

Fig. 3 is a view of the upper frame 7; and

Fig. f is a broken fragmentary view in section'and elevation illustrating a modified form of upper frame. v

1 represents the seat of the chair which may be of wood or any other suitable material and which is provided at the center of its forward portion with a pommel 2, the latter being removably secured by means of screws 2 so that the pommel can be removed, if desired. The front edge of the seat 1 is beveled, as shown at 3, to render the same comfortable to the user and as will. be understood the pommel 2 will prevent possibility of the child sliding out of the chair.

The back and sides of the chair are formed by means of a flexible sheet 4 which can be of canvas or any other suitable material and is secured to the seat 1 by means of a covering strip 5 and tacks or other securing devices 6 projected through the strip 5, through the sheet 4 and into the seat 1.

A curved frame 7 provided at the top of the chair and this frame 7 is secured in place by folding the upper edge of-the sheet 4 over the same and securing the turned-over portion by linesof stitching 8.

The frame 7 is provided at its ends with loops 9 and at its intermediate portions with eyes 10 and when the frame is of wire, as shown in Figs; 1, 2 and 3, these loops and eyes may be formed by bending the wire as clearly illustrated.

A strap 11 is provided at the front of the chair and at one end is permanently attached to one of the loops 9 and at its other end is provided with a snap button 12 to removably connect the strap to the other end of the loop and thus prevent the child from falling forwardly out of the chair.

A pair of ropes 13 are provided to support the chair and these ropes between their ends are secured in rings 14k which are adapted to be connected to any suitable support for the swing. The ends of the ropes are projected through the eyes 10 and loops 9 respectively and the intermediate portions of the loops are passed through slots 15 in adjusting slides 16 while the. ends of the ropes are knotted and located in ferrules 1'? on the slides 16. By means of these slides 16 any desired length of swing can be provided in accordance with the support and the height desired for the chair from the ground, and hand holds 18 are provided on the forward runs of the ropes which can be conveniently grasped by the occupant of the chair.

Instead of providing a wire frame 7 for the upper portion of the chair, I may make this frame of a strip of metal as illustrated at 19in Fig. i, and when this form of frame is employed eye brackets 20 and loop brackets 21 are riveted to the frame, as clearly shown.

-lVl1en the swing is not desired for use, it can be readily collapsed and packed in a smallspaoe for storage or shipment;

Various slight changes may be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from the invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. An open front chair swing, comprising a seat, a sheet of flexible material se front of the chair and removably connected cured to the sides and back of the seat, a frame secured to the upper portion of the flexible material, said frame having loops at its ends at the front of the chair and having eyes at its intermediate portions at the sides and rear of the chair, a pommel 'on the seat at its center and at the front edge thereof, and a strap permanently connected at one end to one of the loops and adapted to be positioned across the open to the other loop.

2. An open front chair swing of the character stated, comprising a seat, a sheet of flexible material secured to the sides and back of the seat, a frame, said flexible material at its upper edge secured over the frame, said frame having loops at its ends located at the front of the chair and having eyes at its intermediate portion located at the sides and back of the chair, supporting ropes connected to said loops and eyes, avstrip secured around the flexible material and rigidly connected to the seat, and a strap connecting the rods across the front of the chair.

JOHN WVESLEY SPARKS. 

